Family : Tetraodontidae (Puffers)
Order : Tetraodontiformes  (puffers and filefishes)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Half-smooth golden pufferfish
Fish Name : Lagocephalus spadiceus
Max size : 19.9 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 42805)
Environment : demersal; oceanodromous
Climate : subtropical
Global Importance : fisheries: of no interest
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea, South Africa, Australia. Introduced (Lessepsian) in eastern Mediterranean, Israel, Lebanon, Iskenderun, Mersin, Aegean Sea.
Diagnosis : Dorsal soft rays (total): 12-13; Anal soft rays: 10-12
Biology : Essentially an inhabitant of marine waters, but enters the mouths of rivers (Ref. 4833)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Matsuura, Keiichi
Main Ref : Tortonese, E.. 1979. (Ref. 2730)

India country information
Common Names : Chinese blaasop
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses